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Quite a few of the newcomers, however, do not want to stay around even half that long. Says Gary Hart of Colorado, a first-term Senator: "Many members come in here having already done something interesting; they think about doing this only for a while, then doing something different." Hart, 40, who was George McGovern's campaign manager in 1972, is thinking about challenging Carter for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1980. Senator John Danforth, a freshman Republican from Missouri, calls himself "a citizen on leave to the Government." Some oldtimers regard the career switchers as unprofessional. Louisiana Democrat Lindy...
...Nonetheless, Sidey concludes, this Congress actually is less receptive to old-style lobbying than its predecessors: "Back in the days when the big leaders used to roam the halls, lobbyists could find a man or two and work their deals. But today one cannot push buttons and get things done. The issues are so complex and interlocking that about the only way to win major battles is to generate pressure in members' districts. The oil industry probably has worked harder back home than it has in Washington to bring the Congress to its current doubts about Carter's energy proposals...
...four years 9to5 has done a lot. In addition to the victories and half-victories already mentioned, it has helped prevent Department of Labor revisions that would have weakened federal affirmative action regulations. It has gotten state legislation passed that will prevent New England Telephone Company from including its lobbying expenses (in particular, expenses for lobbying against legislation for improving maternity benefits) in estimates of the rate base. It has introduced legislation to include temporary employment agencies under existing state regulations for regular agencies, and has pressured the state secretary to stop illegal lobbying by agencies opposed to the bill...
...present her with a membership in 9to5. Phoenix-like, she rises up out of the typing pool to defeat one discriminatory employer after another--Macho Mutual Insurance Company, Arrogant Women-Proof Publishers, First Bigoted Bank of Boston, Neanderthal University. Will the work of the noble Ms. Leaguered ever be done...
Even his 8:57 two-mile versus Northeastern does not satisfy Sheehan, however, "I feel I could have done 8:52," he said. "And I'm recovering from ten-donitis in my knees," an affliction that has cut his weekly workout schedule from 120 miles...